Needs and Wants Worksheet

Money maths lesson 21: Needs and wants · Set 928 · 40 sums

The method (Must have or nice to have?): Ask: can I live, stay healthy and go to school without it? If not, it is a need. If it is extra or just for fun, it is a want. Pay for needs first; money left for wants = money − needs.

1. 1.Nisha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) drinking water (c) extra comic books (d) a raincoat
2. 2.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a school uniform (c) vegetables (d) a toy robot
3. 3.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a bigger TV (b) a third cricket bat (c) a new party dress (d) vegetables
4. 4.Dev has ₹300. First Dev pays for needs: a school uniform (₹100) and a geometry box (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
5. 5.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) sweets every day (c) milk (d) rice and dal
6. 6.For Arjun, is “a raincoat” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
7. 7.Aditya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a sticker album (b) a warm blanket (c) sweets every day (d) a remote-control car
8. 8.For Manav, is “a bigger TV” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
9. 9.Kabir is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a warm blanket (b) rice and dal (c) a schoolbag (d) extra comic books
10. 10.For Meera, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
11. 11.For Aarav, is “a school uniform” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
12. 12.Manav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) a third cricket bat (b) milk (c) a schoolbag (d) notebooks for school
13. 13.Sneha has ₹500. First Sneha pays for needs: school shoes (₹140) and socks (₹70). How many rupees are left for wants?
14. 14.For Arjun, is “medicine when ill” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
15. 15.Gurpreet has ₹850. First Gurpreet pays for needs: a raincoat (₹80) and notebooks (₹100). How many rupees are left for wants?
16. 16.For Kabir, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
17. 17.For Saanvi, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
18. 18.For Aarav, is “a warm blanket” a need or a want? (a) Want (b) Need
19. 19.Farhan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) bus fare to school (c) a fancy phone cover (d) a school uniform
20. 20.Meera has ₹500. First Meera pays for needs: notebooks (₹100) and a geometry box (₹130). How many rupees are left for wants?
21. 21.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) rice and dal (b) a remote-control car (c) a raincoat (d) a schoolbag
22. 22.For Ananya, is “sweets every day” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
23. 23.Aarav is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a warm blanket (b) a video game (c) a remote-control car (d) a new party dress
24. 24.Saanvi has ₹600. First Saanvi pays for needs: socks (₹100) and a raincoat (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
25. 25.Saanvi is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) bus fare to school (c) sweets every day (d) a raincoat
26. 26.Ishaan is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) vegetables (b) a third cricket bat (c) rice and dal (d) school shoes
27. 27.For Gurpreet, is “a remote-control car” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
28. 28.For Meera, is “a third cricket bat” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
29. 29.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a new party dress (b) a third cricket bat (c) drinking water (d) sweets every day
30. 30.Ananya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a glitter pen set (b) a video game (c) sweets every day (d) milk
31. 31.Sneha has ₹450. First Sneha pays for needs: a lunch box (₹140) and school shoes (₹120). How many rupees are left for wants?
32. 32.Riya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) school shoes (b) a school uniform (c) soap (d) a remote-control car
33. 33.Arjun has ₹900. First Arjun pays for needs: a school uniform (₹210) and school shoes (₹110). How many rupees are left for wants?
34. 34.Isha has ₹1000. First Isha pays for needs: a raincoat (₹70) and a school uniform (₹80). How many rupees are left for wants?
35. 35.Diya is making a shopping list. Which of these is a want? (a) bus fare to school (b) a warm blanket (c) toothpaste (d) a new party dress
36. 36.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a video game (b) a schoolbag (c) designer sunglasses (d) a fancy phone cover
37. 37.Isha is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a fancy phone cover (b) a sticker album (c) a warm blanket (d) designer sunglasses
38. 38.Meera is making a shopping list. Which of these is a need? (a) a remote-control car (b) designer sunglasses (c) a fancy phone cover (d) vegetables
39. 39.For Rohan, is “extra comic books” a need or a want? (a) Need (b) Want
40. 40.Nisha has ₹500. First Nisha pays for needs: a school uniform (₹60) and notebooks (₹160). How many rupees are left for wants?

Free money maths lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/money-for-kids